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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1921THE TIMEJames H. Corbett, Employed by Mayor Wohl-huter, as Special Detective, Together With Police Force Make Raid. Nine Out of Twenty-five Were Arrested. Others Escape by Windows, A fter Kicking Out Glass. Doc Farnham Knocked Dcwn by Corbett With Billy. All Were Released by Chief Carey on Promise to Appear In Court Monday Morning. Later Corbett Was Attacked by Seme of Released Men While He Was Eating Alone at Minute Lunch Room. Corbett Was Struck by Carr in Face, Falling Against Table Leg in Dazed Condition. When Carr Resisted Arrest, Corbett Shot Through Plate Glass. Bullet and Glass Injures Carr.as I turned back Carr struck me in ; the jaw. I fell on the stool onto the floor. My head struck the edge of a table leg and I was dazed'for just a few seconds.“As I grabbed for my gun and at gempted to rise I was crushed to the floor by several of them as they piled j on top of me.I then placed thfe end of my gun on I lone of the fellows legs, near the hip | and said; ‘I will let loose if you don’t j all scatter.’“They then commenced to scatter all about me. I flred once and the bul-j let went up Into to the hir. Carr then . started for the front door and I level-jed the gun at him and called for him to stop.! “As he went out the door and was in j front of the plate glass I shot througl the window.“I then commanded the rest of the I follows to line up along the wall and hold up their hands. They did so. I then asked the cook to telephone the j police. The fellows kept their hands | up and in place .at the point of my | gun. until the officers came. Then they were allowed to leave the place, j “Jack Carr was taken to the police i station and Dr. Folken was notified.He removed pieces.of glass and a part There ,was another hot time in the and Nelson. During the next few min* of the load buUet from the wound. The old town early Sunday morning. jutes they took some desperate chances bullet had just grazed the side of hisThe excitement started shortly after; in their efforts to land all the gui’.ty, bead leaving parts of the lead in the twelve o’clock, •when Detective James ; ones. ; wound.”H. Corbett, employed by Mayor Wohl-j “As I ran round to the rear, i saw* _huter, together with Officers Liedal' men ruhning in all directions. I Dr. Folken states that if no infection and Nelson made a raid on the long shouted, ‘Don't run.’ But as they fair-! get8 tjle wounds will heal leaving suspicioned gambling place of Mattljy fell through broken windows, they : no bad’effect Some of the glass laidMeyers, (Better known as Dynamite picked themselves up and rushed on bare tbe 8kUll, Qniy a gman portionMyers) 615 South Newton street. like mad. Twice I shot in the air and ot the bullet was found embedded inBefore the excitement quieted down j when i called to Mexican Louis to1 the wound, several hours later, nine men had j halt, 1 shot once towards the ground ! officer Life»on stated Sunday after-been arrested, Doc. Farnham had been - at his feet. lie fell flat on his stomach n0on. that he had started for home af-hit over the bean with a billy club,; and laid still until the excitement at, ter the raid and was walking down Jack Carr had beer shot in the head, j the house was over. I thought I had Broadway when he heard the firs'James Corbett was bleeding from a j sorely hit him. But he got up when I shot fired at the Minute Lunch roomscalp wound over the right ear. a per-j walked over to him. He evidently;-j turned around and started back up fectly good pfkte glass window at the didn't want to take any further j towards the restaurant,’’ said Lifeson, Minute Lunch room had been put out j chances. Some of the men had been .“when the second shot was fired. The of commission and fifty or more peo drinking. # j bullet after passing through the winpie deprived of a good night's rest., “Then we turned our attention to dow and then grazing Carr’s skullBooze and gambilng are said to have, the house while Liedal and Nelson came nown Broadway, whistling as itbeen the real causes of the whole at--j Wfttched I called Liefson and he in passed only a few feet directlyfair. j turn called Chief Carey. The officers over my head/ ’So many were the rumors Sunday ; came ^ about ten minutes and we, —morning about the affair, that in order * wentjhrough the entire house. Men j Can You Beat It!to get the story as accurately as pos- Weretound hiding upstairs, down-1 Five of the fellows* arrested at the eible a Tribune representative inter stalra and in the basement . Besides gambling joint were arraigned in viewed Mr. Corbett, at eleven o’clock lhe lbree big windows in the rear of Judge Hammond’s Court: Matt Mey-Sunday morning. The only marks on fhe kilchen, kicked out. some of the ers, who operated the place was fined his person to indicate that he had had basement windows had been broken ten dollars and costs. John Keys a big night were the lump and skinned by the imprisoneu men in their des- (Kelly). Louis Jenson, Louis Alle and place on the right side of his head peralion to e8cape. The whole house Jack Carr were fined $5.00 and costs, about two inches square. had beep upset by the men in their Chief Carey says that Doc Farn-Here is just die way the detective mad effortg lo escape. ham promised to appear but he didn'ttold the story: don t know where Doc Farnham According to the City Attorney L. S.“I have suspic/oned the Meyers Cftme from but he attempted to grab OBtrander, Detective Corbett is going house as a gambling *^)lace for .some me and j goake(i him over the head to gv t canned for using his gun. time and have been keeping a watch. wilh thig biUy c]ub (showing the Trib- It is erported today that one of the The house is owned by Dick Sotboff une repre8entative a small braided fellows who was at the place made and is rented by Matt (Dynamite) gtrap ioaded at lbe end w t.i leud) he the remark that he would probablyMeyers.At midnight. Saturday. I went to the place and after going around to the east side of the house I found one of the shades to the windows.fell• onto the ground in a h ap.”fine of twenty-five dollars costs, but that he had made an even forty dollars so would still be ahead fifteen dollars.We let the citizens do the commenting—we haven’t the words.Later.It is said that some of the fellows wh.j were at the rlace Saturday weAt the police station the men gave their names as^ Doc. Farnham, Benn e -----— — , Gilbert, Mexican Louie. Alex Safke,entirely down. As I looked under (his Dick gothojf jack Carr, Matt (Dyna curtain I saw a long table in the cen- mite) Myerg) John Keys anj LoU s ter of the room. Around the table sat jensona bunch pf men. They were shooting ..It wU1 be remembered tha’ Doc craps, I could see money piled on the Farnham is one of the three local table beside some of the men. boys, who was arrested some time ago“I immediately went to the police by the police after a wild night on looking for Corbett to do kirn bodily station and got Officers Liedal and Broadway. The boys promised Chief harm Sunday night. According to one Nelson to go with me to make Carey Uiat they woujd appear in Jus story a bunch of rough nocks about raid. .* j tice court. Instead of appearing they j who have no respect for law and or-“When we got to the place I went vamoosed. Chief Carey stated today der beat up a railroad man .only a around back once more to see if the'that be djd not know Doc was back in'short timo ago, believing it to be Cor* men were still gambling. They were, town He gayg Doc wiU now be made j bett.there—with money by their sides— t0 answer for tbe first charge also. The whole matter of fact is thebut there was a larger number at the! After the Chief ot Police had obtain- rough element of the city are deter table. Some were seated while others!^ the naraeg of tlle nine men. he re-! mined to get Corbett out of Albert were standing up. I should judge : ieaged them on the promise that they j Lea. there were approximately twenty-five : woujd appear in court Monday morn- j —men sitting and standing around the ing County Attorney Peterson, who! The prosecution was conducted bygame. iwas notified, after the raid, arrived at City Attorney L. H. Ostrander under“I went around to the front door and tbe station at 4 o’clock but he says all! the city ordinance.knocked. A voice from within an-jof tho men had been reieased. | ---swered. ‘Who is it?’ Without answer j Thls is wbere Chief Carey did ing I attempted to open (he door butjwr(mg He 8houid have kept them in: found it locked. Again came the voice jail untU Monday morning. The wait!from within: ‘Who do you want t° , would have done all of them good and 1see?’ I answered: I want to see Dy-,tbe bjg excitement that did follow,] namite.’ { would have been avoided .“Dynamite, himself opened the door., —What’s going on in here?” I asked. Dy-j Here is the second exciting act ofnamite didn’t reply. I then said: the night aa tojd by Mr Corbett:‘Looks like gambling to me—and you: “After the men were releasedknow what that means—gambling for | started alone for the Minute Lunch j \ money. We will have to place you all, room at the corner of Broadway and |, under arrest.’ j west Clark street. As I came up from j‘At this momelft, -some one of the \ ^e station to the front entrance of, jmen, rushed up and reached for the the fire hall I noticed fi light switch, evidently to turn off the sons partly hiding themselves and light. ; watching me. I suspicioned that they“Leveling my automatic at him I were some of the released men, and shouted: ‘Tase your hands off that' were after me, but I walked on and switch a$ quickly as you can.’ He did ovento the iunch room. I took a seat so- at the counter in the rear of the place“Jack Carr, at that moment came and ordered my lunch,forward and grabbed my arm and a‘- “As I was eating it I looked up andtempted to pull me in. The light then saw “Dynamite” approaching me. He went out and immediately some one came up and said, ‘Jack Carr asked grabbed hold of my coat. I pushed me to see if you were here. What shall my gun up to his chest and said: i tell him?’'Damn you, let go or I will kill you':’ “i answered: ‘Tell him I am hereHe let go instantly and I jerked my eating lunch.’arm free from Carr. j “Dynamite started out of tne place“Right away we heard a general and met Carr with some others com-commot ion and glass breaking. We ing in.knew that some of the gamblers Were “They all sat down at the counterattempting to make their escape by south of me. I was a little suspicious. * jthe windows. I pulled my gun a little more in front j“Liedal and I went to the rear, of me, so I could get hold of it quickly I while Nelson stood guard at the front if occasion so demanded. Idoor. At this time I want to compli- “I looked toward the kitchen to see « ment the good work of both Liedal if any one had flipped around me and c
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Albert Lea Times Enterprise
Albert Lea, Minnesota, US
Wed, Feb 23, 1921
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